Holder for bladed implements



Jan. 3, 1963- w. HANSCHAR HOLDER FOR BLADED IMPLEMENT-S Fi Ie'd July3.5, 1957 3,071,252 HOLDER FOR BLADED IMPLEMENTS Walter Hanschar, 30213th St. SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Filed July 15, 1957, Ser. No.671,968 7 Claims. (Cl. 211-60) My invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in holders for devices such as knives, tools, files oranything with a relatively slender blade, the principal object andessence of my invention being to provide a device of the characterherewithin described in which the devices are readily inserted and heldwithin the device and yet which are readily detachable therefrom.

Previous attempts have been made to provide an efficient rack for suchimplements or tools, but the majority of these do not contain positiveholding means which grasp the blade anywhere along the length there ofas soon as the implement is released and yet which at the same timepermits the implement to be removed easily and rapidly from the device.

I have overcome these disadvantages by providing a slotted block open onthree sides within which slots the blade of the implements may beplaced. Diagonal drillings communicate with the base of the slot and aball hearing or the like is adapted to run freely within the drilling.

A further object of my invention is, therefore, to provide a device ofthe character herewithin described which is adaptable to receive varioustypes of bladed implements or tools and which provides a positive lockfor these implements as soon as they are placed therein.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the characterherewithin described which is adaptable for use either in a longitudinalrack or, alternatively, a circular rack.

With the foregoing objects in view, and such other objects andadvantages a will become apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthis invention relates as this specification proceeds, my inventionconsists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts all asher inafter more particularly described, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of my device per se.

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of my device.

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of an alternative construction of mydevice.

FIGURE 4 is a top plan view sectioned in part showing variousmodifications of my device.

FIGURE 5 is a side elevation of FIGURE 4.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the different figures.

Proceeding now to describe my invention in detail, reference shouldfirst be made to FIGURES 1 and 2 in which I have shown an elongatedsubstantial rectangular block I provided with a plurality of slots 2along the length thereof, said slots being vertically situated and openupon the upper side 3, the lower side 4 and the front side 5. Gravityoperated friction means are provided and take the form of oblique ordiagonal drillings or cylindrical bores 5 extending upwardly fromadjacent the bases 7 of the slots through to the upper side 3 of theblock. It will be noted that the lower ends 9 of these drillings openonto and communicate with the slot 5 adjacent the lower end thereof andthat a steel ball 19 is adapted to ride within the diagonal slot 6.Gravity normally maintains the ball in the lowermost position underwhich circumstances the ball contacts the opposite side 11 of the slotto which the drilling opens.

A cover plate 12 is detachably secured by means of screws 13 to theupper side of the block covering the Efi'ZLZSZ Patented Jan. 1, 1963upper ends of the drillings, but it will be noted that this cover plateis slotted as at 14 complementary to the upper side 3 of the slots 2.

In operation, the device may be suspended from a wall by means ofbrackets 15 whereupon bladed implements such as knife 16 is merelyslipped upwardly through the slots thus displacing the ball 10 until theknife is released whereupon gravity lets the ball descend which jams theknife frictionally into position. In order to remove the knife, it ismerely necessary to move the knife upwardly and outwardly which releasedthe ball and enables the blade to he slipped out of the slot readily.

FIGURE 3 shows an alternative embodiment in which the block I iscircular and in which the slots are radially formed therein so that thedevice may be suspended by means of central hanger 17 from a convenientlocation.

FIGURES 4 and 5 show various modifications in the use of the drillings 6and the ball iii to take implements of various sizes. Illustrated inphantom are single drilling together with steel balls therein and in thesectional part double drillings are provided to take an implement havinga Wider blade than normal. On the right hand end there are two drillingson one side and a single drilling upon the other in staggered array eachdrilling carrying a steel ball thus providing a very efficient lock fora relatively heavy implement.

It ,will, therefore, be appreciated that I have provided a device whichis readily adaptable for use with a wide range of bladed implements suchas knives, trowels, files and the like, which implement are readilyplaced and removed from the rack with a minimum of trouble.

Since various modifications can be made in my invention as hereinabovedescribed, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same madewithin the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from suchspirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in theaccompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only andnot in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A tool holder device of the character shown and described forreleasably positioning tool blades which comprises a longitudinallyextending body having a series of horizontally-spaced apart andvertically-extending front slotted portions dividing its front face intosegments, said slotted portions extending between and being open to topand bottom and front faces of said body and terminating backwardly inspaced relation with a. back face thereof, a series of inclinedcylindrical bore portions open to the top face of said body andprojecting downwardly therewithin along the segments into a convergingrelationship with an associated one of said slotted portions, each ofsaid bore portions having an open side wall at its converging endcommunicating with its associated slotted portion, each of said boreportions having an abutment means adjacent the open side wall,relatively hard spherical locking elements, one of said elements beingpositioned within each of said bore portions and being operativelyretained in position by said abutment means for the insertion of a bladewithin an associated slotted portion.

2. The device as defined in claim 1 together with a slotted cover plateremovably secured to the top of said body and closin the upper ends ofsaid bore portions, the slots in said cover plate registering with theslotted portions of said body.

3. A tool holder device of the character shown and described forreleasably positioning tool blades, said device comprising a body havinga top face, a bottom face and an outer side face, said body beingprovided with a series of horizontally spaced apart and verticallyextending slots dividing its outer side face into segments, said slotsextending between and being open at said top and bottom and outer sidefaces of the body and terminating backwardly in spaced relation fromsaid outer side face, the segment portions of said body between saidslots being provided with inclined bores open to the top face of thebody and extending downwardly therewithin into a converging relationshipwith the respective slots, said bores each having an open side wall atits converging end communicating with the associated slot and alsohaving abutment means adjacent the open side wall, relatively hardspherical locking elements positioned within the respective bores andoperatively retained in position by said abutment means for theinsertion of blades within said slots.

4. The device as defined in claim 3 together with a slotted cover plateremovably secured to the top face of said body and closing the upperends of said bores, the slots in said cover plate being in register withsaid slots in said body.

5. The device as defined in claim 3 wherein said body is horizontallyelongated and said slots therein are mutually parallel.

6. The device as defined in claim 3 wherein said body is of a circularconfiguration and said slots therein are radially inwardly convergent.

7. A tool holder device of the character shown and described forreleasably positioning tool blades which comprises alongitudinally-extending body having a series of horizontally-spacedapart and vertically-extending front slotted portions dividing its frontface into segments, said slotted portions extending between and beingopen to top and bottom and front faces of said body and terminatingbackwardly in spaced relation with a back face thereof, a series ofinclined opening portions open to the top face of said body andprojecting downwardly therein along the segments and having lower endportions converging with an associated one of said slotted portions,each of said opening portions having an open side Wall at its convergingend communicating with its associated slotted portion, an abutmentportion adjacent the open side Wall, relatively hard spherical lockingelements, one of said elements being positioned within each of saidopening portions and being operatively retained in position by saidabutment means for the insertion of a blade within an associated slottedportion.

References Qited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS458,332 Bulla Aug. 25, 1891 1,139,595 Starr May 18, 1915 1,414,541 Areyet al May 2, 1922 1,485,092 Rauchut Feb. 26, 1924 2,051,541 Chanik Aug.18, 1936 2,348,611 Davidson May 9, 1944

7. A TOOL HOLDER DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER SHOWN AND DESCRIBED FORRELEASABLY POSITIONING TOOL BLADES WHICH COMPRISES ALONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING BODY HAVING A SERIES OF HORIZONTALLY-SPACEDAPART AND VERTICALLY-EXTENDING FRONT SLOTTED PORTIONS DIVIDING ITS FRONTFACE INTO SEGMENTS, SAID SLOTTED PORTIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND BEINGOPEN TO TOP AND BOTTOM AND FRONT FACES OF SAID BODY AND TERMINATINGBACKWARDLY IN SPACED RELATION WITH A BACK FACE THEREOF, A SERIES OFINCLINED OPENING PORTIONS OPEN TO THE TOP FACE OF SAID BODY ANDPROJECTING DOWNWARDLY THEREIN ALONG THE SEGMENTS AND HAVING LOWER ENDPORTIONS CONVERGING WITH AN ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID SLOTTED PORTIONS,EACH OF SAID OPENING PORTIONS HAVING AN OPEN SIDE WALL AT ITS CONVERGINGEND COMMUNICATING WITH ITS ASSOCIATED SLOTTED PORTION, AND ABUTMENTPORTION ADJACENT THE OPEN SIDE WALL, RELATIVELY HARD SPHERICAL LOCK-